Before Ashikaga Yoshiteru could react, Yusa Nobukyo, who had already put on a good show and had an excuse, led the Minamigouchi army to retreat overnight.
After converging the forces remaining at Takaya Castle, the "truth" about Hatakeyama Takamasa's assassination of Yusa Chokyo was announced, and the Yusa family turned against the Hatakeyama family.
Then, Naomasa Yasumi, who was stationed at Iimoriyama Castle in the north, was filled with indignation and announced that he would leave the Hatakeyama family and establish his own business.
For a time, the shogunate's army was greatly moved.
Fortunately, both families sent messengers to express their continued respect for the shogunate and to oppose Hatakeyama but not the shogunate.
Only then could the shogunate army's logistics remain stable. Ashikaga Yoshiteru could do nothing even if he knew the true truth.
Could it be that for the sake of Hatakeyama Takamasa, who was already in disarray due to a stroke by the shogunate army, he was going to offend two wealthy Hanoi families that would affect the victory or defeat of the shogunate army?
No matter how angry you are at this time, you can only endure it. The general Ashikaga Yoshiki has done too much.
In normal times, the shogunate would definitely criticize such behavior of breaking away from the master's family and becoming independent.
But it was the critical moment of the fierce battle. He was as strong as Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and he also knew that he could not lose the big due to small things, so he endured the situation.
With the general's acquiescence, the one-sided talk between the Anjian family and the Yusa family temporarily passed the test.
This is also a lesson learned from the past experience of Hatakeyama Takamasa Yuki, who was so unpopular. Most of the samurai believed it, which benefited both families and severely wronged Hatakeyama Takamasa.
It was enough that the Yusa family occupied Takaya Castle, but Iimoriyama Castle on the west side of the Ikoma Mountains was stuck at an important node in the logistics line of the shogunate army, which put Ashikaga Yoshiki in a dilemma.
If the two families are in trouble, they will inevitably collude with the Sanhao family. If the Sanhao family pays a big price, will they choose to give up their current position and turn to the Sanhao family?
Don't talk nonsense about being deferential to the shogunate. Rebellious ministers who have turned against their masters have no credibility at all, and some are just waiting for a price.
Just when Ashikaga Yoshiki was distressed, worse news came.
Izumi Hosokawa's family governor Motonō defended the northern line of Izumi, and Anzhai Fuyaka could not attack repeatedly.
Matsunagahide secretly entered Kishiwada Castle from the southern front with his gang members.
Izumi's troops were concentrated in the hands of Hosokawa Motonsune in the north, and his daughter Hosokawa Fujitaka barely defended the city and sent envoys to the front line to ask for help.
Hosokawa Motonsune was horrified and sent troops to return for reinforcements. Fuyayasu Anzai seized the opportunity and defeated the northern defense line in one go.
Now that Hosokawa and her daughter are besieged in Kishiwada Castle by the Northern and Southern armies, the threat from Izumi Province to Sakai Port has been completely eliminated.
Ashikaga Yoshiki received the news and sighed. He no longer hesitated and retreated to the border of Yamashiro Kawachi.
Relying on the Yodogawa River in the north and the Ikoma Mountains in the south, the defense line was rebuilt.
However, the decline of the shogunate's coalition forces has become apparent. Not only the Rokkaku family and the Asai family in the north and south of Omi have begun to retreat, but the voices of the capitulation faction headed by Ise Sakyo within the shogunate have begun to appear again.
The divisions within the shogunate's coalition forces widened, but the Spoken coalition forces were united and had high morale.
After Master Changkaku of Kofukuji Temple issued two clear decrees, Yiyin has achieved a complete moral victory.
The former decree requiring all Yamato nuns and warriors to assist the Shiba Allied Forces was fairly ordinary, but the latter decree naming Miyoshi Nagakei as an enemy of Buddha was a bomb that detonated in Yamato.
The bomb's aftermath had not yet left Yamato, and Yiyin took advantage of the trend and headed south.
Regardless of the matter of Buddha's enemies, how could he be torn into pieces by various sects after Changjue?
At least now, Yoshigan has obtained absolute authorization from both the shogunate and the religious level, and has completely killed Shiga Yisheng on the moral level.
Miyoshi Changqing was also awarded the dual status of an enemy of the Wu family and an enemy of the Buddha, and his reputation reached a new level.
Since ancient times, no samurai family has been accused by the shogunate and Buddhism at the same time as a public enemy. This was a huge blow to the Miyoshi family.
It is a pity that this Buddhist enemy is only the word of the family of the Buddhist master of Kofukuji Temple. If it is really recognized by all sects, no matter how powerful the Miyoshi family is, they can only retreat to Shikoku in disgrace.
Not to mention Honganji Temple, Neraiji Temple, Enryakuji Temple and other recent sects and powers, just one drink from the Buddhists in their own territory is enough for the Miyoshi family to drink a pot.
What a pity, what a pity.
However, under the current situation, Yamato has completely isolated Shiga Icun, and no force dares to cooperate with her anymore.
In this way, Yiyin can finally go south with peace of mind and kill Shihe Yicun before other sects react.
The terrain of Tsutsui Castle is low-lying, with plains nearby and a broad view.
With Tsutsui Castle as the core, the Tsutsui family built a series of castle groups, relying on these small towns and fortresses to resist the Shihe Yisun army in the south.
Not far to the east of Tsutsui Castle is the Toyokawa River. The Toyokawa River floods from time to time and is a fast-flowing river.
Toyokawa flows from north to south, passes through the eastern part of Tsutsui Castle and then circles to the southwest, forming an inverted L shape.
Yiyin went south along the Toyokawa River. The coalition forces moved very quickly and arrived at their destination in a day and a half. They echoed Tsutsui Castle in the east of the river and west of the river.
Shiheyi camped south of Fengchuan, and the positions of the three sides formed an inverted shape.
After setting up camp and surrounding the shogunate, Yiyin summoned all the ladies to discuss matters.
"Matsukura-hime, you should rush back to Tsutsui Castle now. Tell Tsutsui-sama that the master's decree is clear to the world and let her think about it clearly."
"Yes, Yu Qian."
Matsukura Shigenobu said nothing and turned around to leave.
She is an important minister of the Tsutsui family and a die-hard loyalist of Tsutsui Shunkei. Everyone knows many things in their hearts, so there is no need to pretend to be stupid and arouse people's disgust.
The most important thing now is to tell Tsutsui Junkei what happened in the north, so that she can understand the causes and consequences and not misjudge the situation and make wrong choices.
With the Buddhist enemy's Dharma identified by Kofukuji Temple, Tsutsui Junkei would never be able to side with Miyoshi Nagakei in this battle.
He didn't expect Tsutsui Junkei to help either, as long as he didn't cause any trouble.
"Suzuki Shigehide, you will gather the remaining available iron cannons into the hands of the Zaga party. The other 600 or so Zaga party members will return to Kii to cut off the supply line of Tokawa Ichin.
As long as they can cut off Shihe Yicun's logistics, I will count it as a great achievement for you."
Suzuki Shigehide cheered and went down to do some work.
Most of the black powder of the Zahe Zhong was wasted by a heavy rain in the system. Now they can only concentrate the remaining iron cannons to the elite Zahe Party to play the greatest role in the joint battle.
As for the other miscellaneous people, Yiyin threw them back to Kii Country in order to cut off Shiga Icun's logistics and force her to take the initiative to attack.
You must know that this time the troops were sent to Shiga and Yamato from Kii.
The grain and grass supplies were embarked at Sakai Port, disembarked from the Kii coast, and transported by farmers and soldiers from the Kii country.
Passing through the territory of Genlaizhong in the west, then passing through the territory of Zahezhong in the east, and finally entering Yamato.
Now that the Zahe people have abandoned the dark side and joined the Siberian coalition, as long as they send people back to interfere, the food routes of Shiheyicun will naturally be cut off.
The land and peasants and soldiers are all mixed together, so there is no need to talk about logistics and transportation.
There is no way to eliminate poison and cut off food.